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Portrait of a seated man with sash and medals – Antique Photo Print

Portrait of a seated man with sash and medals, 1844 — historic photograph
Portrait of a seated man with sash and medals, 1844. Historic photograph from the Daguerreotypes & Early Photography collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Portrait of a seated man with sash and medals comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

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Portrait of a seated man with sash and medals

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A seated man wearing a sash and a row of medals is the detail that sets this 1844 portrait apart from the other pictures on the board. The sash and decorations were a deliberate choice: in the 1840s, a sitter in military or state honors would display them to signal rank and service, and a daguerreotype like this one was expensive enough that most people chose their clothing with care. Daguerreotypes were then only about five years old as a commercial medium, so a portrait from 1844 captures photography at an early stage, when exposures were long and sitters had to hold still. Looking closely at the fine silvery surface and sharp detail is a good way to appreciate how novel the process was.

Created / published1844
Original scan3,302 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
Reference405_Unidentified_man_about_1844

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